S-Cinetone vs S-Log3 Comparison on Sony a7S III
After a decent wait, Sony added the S-Cinetone profile to the a7S III via a firmware update. If you still aren’t quite sure what this does, S-Cinetone is designed …
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How to Fix Bad Tracking in Resolve 17
Tracking in DaVinci Resolve is near magic. Most of the time I just hit track and it runs through the entire clip without a single issue, perfectly tracking whatever …
Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve Scene Cut Detection Performance
Recently developed for Premiere Pro is a Scene Edit Detection feature that can automatically find cut points in a video file to help editors more quickly break up a …
What’s the Easiest Rotoscope Workflow in 2021
Rotoscoping is fun. It hasn’t always been too easy to pull off. To just give a quick explainer of what rotoscoping is, it is when you cut out an …
DaVinci Resolve 17.1.1 Available to Download
Only two weeks after Resolve 17.1 was released, Blackmagic Design are now rolling out another update. The latest DaVinci Resolve 17.1.1 brings support for Blackmagic RAW 2.1 Beta 4 …
Easy Sky Replacement Technique in Resolve 17
Among the things filmmakers never have control over is the weather. It’s unfortunate because sometimes you only have one or two days to nail some exterior scenes and it …
Best New Features in Premiere Pro 2021
When Adobe moved the Creative Cloud Suite to subscription-only, including Premiere Pro, among the supposed advantages was that they could drop new features all year round, instead of saving …
How to Remove Objects from Video Using Premiere Pro CC
When you are out and about shooting clips in public areas it is probably often you’ll have a good take that could be even better if something or someone …
How to Set Up Custom White Balance on Your Sony Alpha Camera
White balance is more important than it might seem, especially coming from a photo background. With raw photographs, you can always adjust the white balance in post without any …
Best 8K Video Export Settings for YouTube
8K is becoming more and more of a reality. You can buy a (relatively) affordable camera, shoot and edit some 8K, and export it on a decent machine without …
Low-Budget Green Screen Tips and Tricks
Green screen work used to be completely outside the realm of what indie filmmakers or creators could do. Now with our powerful computers and free software you can actually …
How to Remove Background Noise in Premiere Pro CC
Ideal shooting environments are 100% under our control. Some electronic making noise in the background? Just unplug it. A light shining in from the window? Pull the curtains or …
Can the M1 MacBook Pro Tackle 8K 10-bit Sony a1 Video?
Another day. Another camera. And another test of whether the M1 Macs can handle some insane new codec or resolution. Today that test involves the new 8K video coming …
Five Annoying Video Mistakes and How to Tackle Them in Post
Fix it in post is one of the worst plans you could make. Unfortunately, sometimes its the only plan you have left. Sometimes it’s you own errors during shooting …
Free Seamless Transitions Pack for Resolve 17
Add some spice to your next videos by using some stylized transitions. Doesn’t seem like much and only takes up a fraction of the video, but it has a …
M1 Mac Thunderbolt 3 vs USB 4 External SSD Comparison Test
Snuck into the announcement of the M1 Macs was that the Thunderbolt 3 ports were also USB 4 compatible. It sounds minor – and is minor until more USB …
DaVinci Resolve 17.1 Now Shipping
Blackmagic Design has just released DaVinci Resolve 17.1. The latest version of the software adds universal app support for Macs running Apple M1 or Intel processors, as well as …
Five Must-Have Plugins for FCP X in 2021
Plugins can be huge time-savers for video editors. There are so many parts to video editing – especially for independent workers. We are talking about the basic edit, audio, …
How to Easily Track Objects in Resolve
One thing that makes a video look professionally made is adding in some tracked effects. Moving subjects and VFX that line up with elements on screen is difficult, but …
Five Must-Have Premiere Pro Plugins in 2021
Different software is better for different things. It’s a fact of life. With NLEs that sometimes means round-tripping between color grading programs, visual effects, and your basic timeline, plus …